Letter to Chris Clark, United Nations
Mine Action Service, Lebanon from the Committee Specialist
GLOBAL SECURITY:
MIDDLE EAST
The Foreign Affairs Committee was pleased to
be able to meet yourself and your colleagues in Lebanon earlier
this year. The Committee was particularly interested in your analysis
of the failure rates of cluster munitions, based on the work that
you have carried out in Lebanon. I believe you told us that the
rates were as follows:
"Dumb" cluster munitions: approximately
30% failure rate;
"Smart" cluster munitions: approximately
10% failure rate.
I would be most grateful if you could confirm
whether we have recollected these figures correctly. Please do
let us have your response in writing, as the Committee would like
to be able to use the failure rates as evidence for its inquiry
into the UK Government's policy towards the Middle East. The Committee
would also welcome any further comments that you wish to make
about the use of cluster munitions in Lebanon.
It would be useful to receive your written reply
by 23 May 2007. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have
any questions.
8 May 2007
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